Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-15
DAILY HERALD.
THE FLOWER FETE.
The Third Day of the
Great Exhibit.
A MAGNIFICENT DIsTLAY.
The Rain Casts O Damper OIL the
Affair for the MOment-The
Receipts.

The unreasonable rain yesterday ant
the horrible condition of the streets in
cident to the downpour put damper OF
all excepting the indomitable courage o
the noble ladies who have the matter il
hand. There must be excepted also tn,
thousands of friends Of the enterprise il
all parts of the country who sent, il
spite of the rain and its consequent de-
sxuction of the flowers, greater quan
tity and better quality than had beer
received on the previous days. Many
new features of special interest were OBJ
servable, and the tout ensemble presented
scene which we'll might take place by
the side of the most brilliant flights oi
the most poetic imagination that ever
saw with the minds eye the gorgeous
colors and charming shapes of fairy.
land.
The San Gabriel booth deserves espe.
cial mention for the abund.
ance of perfect flowers OF
hundreds of varieties sent forward
The bunch of magnificent old.fashioned
snowballs, the liIacs, pansies, uegelias
and roses attracted marked attention.
Mrs. Halstead keeps the booth we'll sup.
piled with profusion of fine specimens
of the striking Beauty Of Glazenwood.
THE SPECIAL ROSES.
This booth is kept we'll supplied with
many choicest varieties of roses. Among
those noticed last night as particularly
fine were Refine Marie Henriette, Bon
Silene, Mrs. Rice's forty varieties from
Highland Park, and splendid exhibit
Mrs. Shorb of this city has an exhibit of
forty varieties, the specimens of which
are daily replenished. A bunch of the
Comptesse Ria du Pare, and specimen
of variety new here, the Marie Pril.
which measured six inches in diameter,
were greatly admired. Mrs. Noel. of
East Los Angeles, has in this booth a
spray of the Washington rose, pure
white climber, very like the La Marque,
on which there were no less than l3 full
blown roses and 81 buds in some stage of
development.
Mrs. Heavier. of Boyle Heights, keeps
100 varieties of roses here, all from her
own place.
SANTA MONICA.
Mr.. Tyler stands by his ship in the
Santa Monica booth, and has fine col
lection of exquisite flowers of many kinds
to replace those that were faded. Three
baskets of perfect blossoms of various
sorts were marvels of beauty, both in the
merits of the flowers and the art with
which they were arranged. There were
fine passion flowers, tulips, etc. The
Misses Pieta Carrillo and Arcadia Ban.
dini sent forward a marvellous collec.
tion of fifty varieties of roses, splendid
tulips, ixias of wonderous beauty, Sran-
ish iris of heavens own blue, and pan
sizes of rare coloring and magnificent de-
velopment.
MRS. sTRAus
Has several very remarkable new speci-
mems of amaryllis. gladiolus. blue ciner-
rios, and cosmos flower which is like
a blue aster.
AT MRS. FoX's BOOTH
Were several fine specimens of roses,
among which was a Paul NeyroH fully
eighteen inches in circumference. Mrs
Blanchard sent to this booth an equisite
pink cactus flower. The gift of roses
from Anaheim are at this booth.
!" THE BIG SHOE
Has been converted into wedding slip
per, being all renewed in white marguer.
ties with callas of spotless purity around
the mouth. Some idea of the wealth of
flowers may be gathered from the state
ment that this shoe is six feet long aud
nearly three high, and that its entire
surface is quite covered with these little
fo;5sys, which are put on so closely that
no ing shows beneath them.
The orange booth has it's name
wrought of small Mandarin oranges in .
very artistic manner. The harp is
freshly decorated with roses of lovely
tint and beautiful shape. The buds are
perfect. There is also a new and pretty
design in marguerites and pelargoniums,
and cushion of superb roses. The
booth is covered with profusion of cal
las.
Mrs. Dunkelberg's rainbow booth has
an exhibit of fine roses of the Beauty of
Glazepwood variety, a wonderful dis.
play of pansies, lilacs and roses.
THE BULBoUs BOOTH
Has as chief attractions fine specimen
of the cociua clematis sent by Mrs. G..
Wiley Wells, pot of lilies of the val
ley, flower which is great rarity here,
many bunches of the miosotis, cactus
flowers, the gladiolus colvilli, anemones,
iris, amaryllis.
THE CALIFORNIA VARIETY BOOTH
Has beautiful canes of native wood for
sale. The wild foVers are as lovely as any
of their aristocratic sisters despite all the
results of their higher civilization. The
orange and delicate pink esscholtzias, q
wild snapdragon, and other natives of
the woods and fields, defv rivalry in tn
court of Queen Flora. DR.. Pierpont has
magnificent display of q pinkish.red
passion flower of exquisite beauty.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
Pupils of the class of SO presented, last
night, a painters easel, on which was Q
semblance of a picture. The border is Of
geranium leaves. representing the frame,
The ground is of red geraniums, and the
corners are ornamented with pinks. The
letters, "Class of 49," are made ot
white pinks. Above it hangs
triangle, emblematical of the
study of geometry. 1t is of lilies. More
will be said at another time of the fint
nexhibit of the public schools. This mus
suffice for the present, and it is to bt
hoped that it may not interrupt th'
"Class of 80" in their geometry lessor
of to.day.-Q. K. D.
NOTES.
The headlight over the ice cream ca.
loon, which reflects its rays on the foun
tain, is most effective.
The fountain is beautifully trimmed
and presents rarely lovely scene.
The placing of the band near the stag
is great improvement. Mr.. Bartlett
and his associates gave good selection
last night, and they were we'll rendered
The banners used in the procession
and the badges worn by the lady man
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